Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
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/**
 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
 * the Eclipse Foundation
 *
 *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
 *
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 */
package ch.qos.logback.core.joran.spi;

import java.util.List;

import ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.Action;

As its name indicates, a RuleStore contains 2-tuples consists of a ElementSelector
and an Action.
As a joran configurator goes through the elements in a document, it asks the rule store whether there are rules matching the current pattern by invoking the matchActions(ElementPath) method. 
Author:
Ceki Gülcü/**
 * 
 * As its name indicates, a RuleStore contains 2-tuples consists of a ElementSelector
 * and an Action.
 * 
 * <p>As a joran configurator goes through the elements in a document, it asks
 * the rule store whether there are rules matching the current pattern by
 * invoking the {@link #matchActions(ElementPath)} method.
 * 
 * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
 * 
 */
public interface RuleStore {

    
Add a new rule, given by a pattern and a action class (String).
Params:
elementSelector – 
actionClassStr – 
Throws:
ClassNotFoundException – /**
     * Add a new rule, given by a pattern and a action class (String).
     *
     * @param elementSelector
     * @param actionClassStr
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     */
    void addRule(ElementSelector elementSelector, String actionClassStr) throws ClassNotFoundException;

    
Add a new rule, given by a pattern and an action instance.
Params:
elementSelector – 
action – /**
     * Add a new rule, given by a pattern and an action instance.
     *
     * @param elementSelector
     * @param action
     */
    void addRule(ElementSelector elementSelector, Action action);

    
Return a list of actions matching a pattern.
Params:
elementPath – the path to match for
Returns:
list of matching actions/**
     * Return a list of actions matching a pattern.
     *
     * @param elementPath the path to match for
     * @return list of matching actions
     */
    List<Action> matchActions(ElementPath elementPath);
}